Protocol Earth

24/03/2021

A time machine.....

Island Southeast Asia has one of the largest and most intriguing hominin fossil records in the world. But our new research suggests there is another prehistoric human species waiting to be discovered in this region: a group called Denisovans, which h

19/03/2021

The skies in Beijing turned orange recently, thanks to what was widely-reported as a massive sandstorm.

16/03/2021

Surprising results.

A few "super carriers" with off-the-charts viral loads are likely responsible for the bulk of COVID-19 transmissions, while about half of infected people aren't contagious at all at the time of diagnosis, suggests a new CU Boulder analysis of more than 72,000 test samples.

16/03/2021

To much..to far...

Google's next internet-connected home device will test whether consumers trust the company enough to let it snoop on their sleep.

15/03/2021

Hard Hit.

Strong winds blowing in from Mongolia have shrouded the Chinese capital in dust.

14/03/2021

3.1416 Sunday.

March 14th is Pi Day because it’s written numerically as 3.14 and pi starts at 3.14

10/03/2021

A historical approach. Wise.

Russia and China are reaching for the moon, with plans to construct a "complex of experimental research facilities" there as they strive to expand their presence in space.

08/03/2021

Aren't we creating an illusion?

Deepfake, or AI-generated videos, are increasingly being used commercially.

08/03/2021

Rising disposable income, intensive product marketing and NGO encouragement has seen more women in India adopting modern pads and tampons instead of traditional menstrual management methods. But this has resulted in adverse effects on environment and waste management systems, currently reaching 100,...

07/03/2021

Extra-ordinary technology.

“Awesome real time geomorphology. This Augmented-Reality sandbox is one of the coolest things I've seen https://t.co/jHEmlAy12D”

04/03/2021

Three species of shark that inhabit the twilit depths of the ocean just turned out to have been bioluminescent this whole time.